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Comment by MrCynical posted on Sigma EM140DG Ringflash - SPECIAL OFFER! at 04/05/2010 - 20:37
Comment by MrCynical posted on How do you focus? at 04/05/2010 - 20:33
My suggestion was:
K7, Pentax 16-50, Pentax 50-135 and Sigma 150-500 plus a Pentax 360 flash.
or K7, Pentax 16-50, Pentax 60-250 and the Sigma 150-500 and the flash
Then maybe an ultra wide angle too.
What comments do any of you have on the possibilities? What would you suggest and what overall cost?
So I'd suggest, at most:
K7 Twin Lens Kit (18-55 WR and 50-200 WR) - £919
Metz 48 AF1 - £150
Sandisk Extreme III 4Gb SDHC card - £14.99
Camera bag (Crumpler New Delhi 510?) - £109.99
Redsnapper RS-284 tripod with 3-way head - £69.95
Silkypix Developer Studio Pro - £159.00 [alternatively Adobe Lightroom, which I use. About the same price but wait for version 3 which is imminent]
This includes everything (except a computer obviously!) that your friend needs to get started in the DSLR world, and comes to £1422.93. That leaves a very substantial sum for adding nice lenses according to how his interests develop.
Comment by MrCynical posted on Suggestions ... at 04/05/2010 - 20:29
*The Tamron 90mm (~£350 new) and Sigma 105mm (~£380 new) are both extremely good lenses, comparable in image quality to the Pentax (it really is a tossup, I have the DFA100 because Park had them on offer at £270 a while ago!)
*Various old Pentax (e.g. 100mm f4) and third party (Vivitar-Tokina 90mm, Tamron 90mm) lenses. Bear in mind that some of the good ones can be upwards of £100 used - though obviously that is still about a third of the price of the new AF lenses
Comment by MrCynical posted on Macro lens advise at 03/05/2010 - 22:12
The trick is to shoot RAW and just expose to the right of the histogram.
Comment by MrCynical posted on rumor of Pentax K5 ??? at 03/05/2010 - 01:14
Without the upgrade the lenses are effectively manual focus I think as they don't have an alternate screw-type drive. After the firmware upgrade they work just fine
Comment by MrCynical posted on Pentax K10D firmware at 03/05/2010 - 01:12
Comment by MrCynical posted on Ultrawides and grad filters at 03/05/2010 - 01:09
Comment by MrCynical posted on SRS site certificate at 03/05/2010 - 01:08
Comment by MrCynical posted on wide angle lens advice required at 03/05/2010 - 01:02
Comment by MrCynical posted on Pentax 50mm Macro - £380 at 03/05/2010 - 00:48

